LANGUAGE LEADER ELEMENTARY PROGRESS TEST B UNITS 7–9
A Match the words in the box with the descriptions.
book DVD ladder lift door umbrella post-it window tin needle radio
0
It’s circular and metal. It’s narrow and can hold music, films and games.
_DVD_
1
It is usually square or rectangular. Often it is yellow. You can write things on it.
__________
2
It is wooden with glass. It can be square or rectangular. It is quite large and you usually have many in the house.
3
It’s long and not wide. It is not very heavy. It can be wood or metal. You can go up or down on it.
4
It can be big or small, heavy or light. It can be metal, plastic or wooden. It is usually rectangular and you can listen to music on it.
5
It is rectangular and usually quite wide. It is quite small. You can read it.
6
It is usually circular and metal. Sometimes it has paper on it. You put things inside it.
7
It is usually metal and plastic. It opens and closes when it rains.
8
It is usually wooden. It is rectangular and quite large. You can open and close it.
9
It is rectangular, large and metal. It goes up and down.
10
It is small and metal. It is light, narrow and long. You can use it to make clothes.
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B Match the paragraph titles a) to g) with the correct paragraphs.
a) Housewives and shopping
b) The best shopping for me?
c) I can’t decide!
d) Shopping was easier in the past
e) Bad service
f) Internet shopping
g) Which hypermarket?
(0)_a_
It’s difficult to be a housewife these days. It’s difficult because there are lots of choices for shopping. Food, clothes, cleaning things for the house. I also like to buy things for myself sometimes.
(1)_____
Ten years ago it was easy. I went to the High Street. There was one shop for vegetables and fruit, one shop for meat, one shop for women’s clothes. Now it is more difficult.
(2)_____
In my town there are now four hypermarkets. They sell everything. Easy? No! Which hypermarket is the best? I asked my friends. ‘Did you go to Pollocks? Did you like it?’ They didn’t. All my friends go to B&Bs so now I go there too but maybe Pollocks is better. Maybe The Happy Shopper is cheaper. I don’t know. I don’t go there.
(3)_____
Last week my sister didn’t go to the hypermarket. She did her shopping on the Internet and the shop sent all her things by lorry to her house. It was more expensive but much easier. Maybe I can do it too.
(4)_____
I have another problem. There are many different things to buy. I can’t make a decision. Last week I looked at different types of milk for ten minutes and didn’t buy any milk. Why? Because I don’t know which milk is the best. Two weeks ago I tried on five different pairs of jeans and I couldn’t make a choice.
(5)_____
Another disadvantage of modern shopping is that the service is not so good. The shop assistants are not friendly.
(6)_____
There is a market in the town. The people on the stalls are very friendly. The market doesn’t have a lot of choice. I think it is a good place for me to go shopping. Maybe next week…
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C Complete the text with the present continuous or the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Last year I (0)_was_ (be) in my home country. I (1)__________(live) at home with my family and I (2)__________ (not work). Now it is all different. This month I (3)__________ (stay) in Belgrade. Last month, I (4)__________ (be) in Llubijana and the month before I (5)__________ (go) to Berlin and Vienna. What (6)__________ (I do) this year? I (7)__________ (travel) by train all over Europe and I (8)__________ (learn) languages. Last year, I (9)__________ (can not) speak any Serbo-Croat. Now I can say ‘hello’, ‘goodbye’, ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. I (10)__________ (work) in a shop in the middle of Belgrade and I have no problem speaking. Last year I (11)__________ (can) only speak one language. Now I can speak a little of six languages! Last year I (12)__________ (not know) anything about the world. Now, I (13)__________(travel) all over the world!
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D Listen to the presentation. Are these sentences true or false?
Track 4
0 The presentation is about technology and cultural change. _true_
1 Some people fly to work. __________
2 Planes and cars didn’t change our lives. __________
3 There are negative points about cars. __________
4 There are negative points about the Internet. __________
5 Now people spend more time meeting people than using technology. __________
6 His grandmother knew everyone in her street. __________
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SPEAKING AND WRITING TASKS (OPTIONAL)
1 SPEAKING
A DISCUSSION
What is the best way to shop? Look at the different types of shopping. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each and decide which is best.
· Shopping in a supermarket or hypermarket
· Shopping in a street market
· Shopping in town in different shops
· Internet shopping
B INFORMATION GAP
STUDENT A
You are preparing a presentation with your partner but you have lost some of the notes. Work with your partner to put the presentation together and then give the presentation.
Notes
Why taking the car is better than ….
Reasons
1 Quicker
3 Can change your mind and go home.
Possible arguments
Not economic
STUDENT B
Why taking … is better than taking the train.
2 Can go from your house to your job without stopping.
You don’t get tired
2 WRITING
Write a short biography of a famous person.
Remember to include where and when they were born, when they died, why they are famous, what they did and why you like or dislike them.
(60–100 words)
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